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Second baseman Robert Andino and his band of upstart, red-hot, second-place Orioles swear they're facing just another tough divisional rival on the road this weekend. It's not a big deal, Andino says, that Friday will be the first time his club plays a regular-season game against the Boston Red Sox since Sept. 28, 2011 — when Andino's two-out, ninth-inning single at Camden Yards gave the Orioles an unforgettable comeback. No big deal, although that one hit — combined with a nearly simultaneous 12th-inning homer by the Tampa Bay Rays' Evan Longoria against the New York Yankees in Florida — capped a historic collapse by the Red Sox, extinguishing their...

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Second baseman Robert Andino and his band of upstart, red-hot, second-place Orioles swear they're facing just another tough divisional rival on the road this weekend.
It's not a big deal, Andino says, that Friday will be the first time his club plays a...

Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine. Running it...

He didn't get job doneJuan C. RodriguezSun SentinelSomebody has to wear it, and for lack of a better alternative, it should have been Terry Francona. General manager Theo Epstein said Francona would not be branded the scapegoat. Teams...

WhispersKeep an eye on the Blue Jays when teams start throwing around money this fall. After brilliantly ridding themselves of Vernon Wells and Alex Rios, the Blue Jays are expected to become major players in free agency within the next...

Sun editors and writers, please become part of the solution to the Orioles' continuing lousiness.This is a crucial time, with Andy MacPhail possibly stepping down after five seasons. When Mr. MacPhail was hired, I rejoiced, not because he was the best...

Rays' Andrew FriedmanSteve GouldBaltimore SunBaseball's most competitive division features perhaps its three best front office chiefs and one (the Blue Jays' Alex Anthopoulos) quickly on the rise.The Yankees' Brian Cashman and the Red...

Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with some reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter raised eyebrows around baseball and the temperatures of a pair of AL East rivals with his comments in the April issue of "Men's Journal" about Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Red Sox G.M. Theo Epstein.
In case...

When Dan Duquette was hired roughly a year ago as the club’s executive vice president, the Orioles pointed to his impressive track record in the past with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. He was in charge of some very good teams – although none...

Earlier this morning, we featured a chart from baseball statistician Bill Arnold that listed Orioles’ executive vice president Dan Duquette’s lifetime record at an impressive 930-786.
That winning percentage places him fifth among the men who held the...

Who's running asylum?Peter SchmuckBaltimore SunThis is both a simple question and a complex one. If the Red Sox go in the tank like they did last September, it's hard to imagine Bobby Valentine lasting the season. But owners John...

Right-handed pitcher Miguel Socolovich has been claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs.The Orioles had designated Socolovich for assignment Aug. 14, giving them 10 days to trade, release or ask waivers on the 26-year-old Venezuelan. He was designated...

MESA, Ariz. — Baseball's investigation into tampering charges against the Cubs in the hiring of Joe Maddon will be over before opening day, Commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday.
Nearly four months after the Rays claimed the Cubs contacted Maddon while he...

MESA, Ariz. — Loud music will be a staple of preworkout stretching.
Teaching tools such as a pitching machine that hurls smaller baseballs and 36-ounce bats will be implemented later.
But still no Sammy Sosa.
Welcome to this spring's Cubs under new...

MESA, Ariz. — None of Manny Ramirez’s 555 career home runs was hit as a member of the Cubs, who nevertheless rehired him as a hitting consultant despite his past association with performance-enhancing drugs.
Moreover, President Theo Epstein said he would...

Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein has hired one of the key players of his successive run with the Boston Red Sox.
Infielder Kevin Youkilis, who played a major role in the Red Sox’s 2004 and 2007 World Series titles, was hired by the Cubs as a special...

Cubs President Theo Epstein repeatedly expressed his appreciation Saturday to a patient crowd of Cubs followers.
"Hold us accountable," Epstein told a group of more than 1,000 during a discussion at the Cubs Convention.
Epstein explained the...

Somebody good finally took the Cubs’ money.Anibal Sanchez didn’t, and the Cubs got stuck with Edwin Jackson.
Masahiro Tanaka didn’t, and the Cubs were starting to look like chumps whose purpose was only to drive up the price for good players to get...